“For such a young artist, she had a very dignified, mature approach.”
As a soloist
Pianist Huiping Cai is a prize-winner of numerous piano competitions, most recently winning the First Prize and Audience Award at the 2023 New York Franz Liszt International Piano Competition, as well as first prizes at the 2022 Los Angeles International Liszt Competition, the 2019 Chopin International Piano Competition in Hartford, Connecticut, the 2018 Miami Music Festival Piano Concerto Competition, and the 2017 Philadelphia International Piano Competition.
Huiping made her orchestral soloist debut at the age of fifteen with the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra under conductor Guoyong Zhang in China. After performing with the Kazakhstan National Symphony Orchestra, she represented the China National Culture Committee in numerous cultural exchange concerts in Russia and Kazakhstan. In 2018, Huiping performed Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 under Maestro David Effron in Florida and Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini under Maestro Andreas Delfs in Philadelphia. Huiping made her Taiwan debut at the prestigious Taipei National Concert Hall with the Evergreen Symphony Orchestra playing the Mozart Double Piano Concerto with pianist Ching-Yun Hu under conductor Gernot Schmalfuss in 2018. Huiping made her Mexico debut with Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra and Maestro Neil William Thomson at Teatro Degollado in 2020. Recently, Huiping made her Carnegie debut at Stern Auditorium Perelman Stage with Orchestra of St. Luke’s, performing Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1 on October 2023.
Additionally, Huiping has performed recitals at the Puffin Cultural Forum in New Jersey, the Coastal Chamber Concerts in California, and the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert in Chicago. She has also represented her home city, Shenzhen, China, performing in three concerts for the Hong Kong - Shenzhen Youth Music Festival. Huiping’s live performances have been broadcasted on many radio stations, including Philadelphia’s WRTI 90.1, Florida’s classical WSMR 89.1, and Chicago’s WFMT 98.7.
Currently, Huiping is a candidate for the Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance and Literature at the Eastman School of Music, serving as a Teaching Assistant for Alan Chow while also pursuing an M.M. in Piano Accompanying & Chamber Music with Dr. Andrew Harley. She received her Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance and Music Theory from Temple University, under the tutelage of Ching-Yun Hu, and graduated with a Master of Music from the New England Conservatory where she studied with Dang Thai Son and held a Teaching Assistantship.
Huiping joined the Hochstein School of Music and Dance as a piano faculty in the fall of 2024.
In addition to her active solo career, Huiping often performs as a collaborative pianist for instrumentalists, vocalists, and ensembles. She was featured in a chamber music concert tour in Shanghai and Hangzhou with the Gallant Quartet, performing piano quartets written by Brahms and Schumann in May 2023.
Highlights of 2024-25 season include collaborative recitals at Weill Recital Hall, the Kennedy Center, Hatch Recital Hall, and Kilbourn Hall.
As a collaborator, Huiping holds a full graduate assistantship in accompanying at the Eastman School of Music and has also served as a collaborative pianist at Nazareth University since the fall of 2023.
